Red-bodied swallowtail

Red-bodied swallowtail
Pachliopta hector
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Troidini
Species
About 46; see text
Groups included
Atrophaneura Reakirt, [1865] Byasa Moore, 1882 Losaria Moore, [1902] Pachliopta Reakirt, [1865]
Synonyms
Polydorus Swainson, [1833] Pangerana Moore, 1886 Panosmia Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1886 Tros Kirby, 1896 Karanga Moore, [1902] Balignina Moore, [1902]

Red-bodied swallowtails, or ruby swallowtail (due to the color), are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera Atrophaneura, Byasa, Losaria, or Pachliopta. They are generally found in Asia (Indomalayan realm).

Collectors have found the red-bodied swallowtails difficult to kill. Pinching the thorax, a method which kills most butterflies, is withstood and only stuns the butterfly temporarily.^{[citation needed]}